Lump Trivia ... The Beginning

stlcharcoal

chadpsualum said:

@stlcharcoal ...if you assume that particle size varies from bag to bag is your figure of 16#/ft3 based on an average of a couple of trials?  When this check is made, do you shake/vibrate to pack as tightly as possible so you have a true compact bulk density (CBD)?  I ask because I work in the petrochemical industry, specifically with catalysts and we do similar measurements.

You know what.....all those tests were done on the fines, not the lump.  I have no idea how they test them, but it's a certified lab that did it on 4 tests.

So, scratch that number I gave you before, it's going to be lower.  A pallet takes up 53.33 ft3 for 600# which is about 11 #/ft3, but that includes all the paper & everything.  The bags around about 1.5 ft3 inside, so that's about 13 #/ft3.  I suppose it's somewhere between 12-14 on average?? 

Legume

Ozzie_Isaac

I wanted the entire egg on a scale.  It would make burn rate calculations a lot easier.

@Jeepster47 didn't want to invest in the proper equipement.  Maybe we should start a gofundme or a kickstarter?

RRP

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@Jeepster47 didn't want to invest in the proper equipement.  Maybe we should start a gofundme or a kickstarter?

rumor has it that in just 6 more years @Jeepster47 will have finally paid off his son's college loans so maybe he can buy proper equipment then!

SmyrnaGA

The humidity of the basement Is not a constant.  The only way to ensure the same measurement is to soak the charcoal first.  This way, it starts out as 100% humidity.  You will also get the volume by measuring the water displaced as you take out the wet charcoal.

once dried, you can load it in the egg and continue with your test.  With the burnt charcoal, I recommend soaking and washing off the ashes and weighing the unused lumps at 100% humidity.

nolaegghead

Are you using six-sigma or ISO-9001 guidelines for your test criteria?

theyolksonyou

Everyone knows the measure of lump is stones/cubit

Jeepster47

Damn, it's hard to have a serious discussion with a bunch of Southerners. 

theyolksonyou

If you want to be serious we need to talk football, huntin', fishin, or grits...

theyolksonyou

Or number of teef yur girlfend has

theyolksonyou

Or them pitcher books down to the libary 

theyolksonyou

Or how hot yur cuzin is

theyolksonyou

theyolksonyou said:

Or number of teef yur girlfend has

theyolksonyou said:

Or how hot yur cuzin is

These ones are the same

Dobie

I cant wait to retire, there is some arcane sh!t I need to check out. 

SmyrnaGA

I'll like whatever @theyolksonyou is having...

blind99

What other pressing questions are there to answer? The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? 

buzd504

blind99 said:

What other pressing questions are there to answer? The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? 

African or European swallow?

blind99

buzd504 said:

blind99 said:

What other pressing questions are there to answer? The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? 

African or European swallow?

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Foghorn

What... is your favourite colour?

theyolksonyou

Red, no blue!  Aaaaahhhhhhhh

theyolksonyou

@Jeepster47 this is going well so far....

Jeepster47

@theyolksonyou ... yep, aren't you on pins and needles waiting for the next chapter?

Foghorn

theyolksonyou said:

If you want to be serious we need to talk football, huntin', fishin, or grits...

Don't forget NASCAR

ThrasherIII

NASCAR? Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks?

YukonRon

I Loath NASCAR Lump.

Ozzie_Isaac

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